MHCH urged to improve the algorithms of interaction with the guardianship and guardianship bodies

Enterprises of housing and communal services of Belarus and the guardianship and guardianship bodies should improve cooperation - this was stated by Deputy Minister of Housing and Utilities Andrey Romashko at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection on November 11, the press service of the Ministry of Housing and Utilities told sb.by.

Andrey Romashko spoke at the meeting of the board with a report on the implementation of the functions of guardianship and guardianship in relation to adult citizens by industry organizations.

From May 30, 2026, the structural subdivisions of the housing and communal services are empowered to ensure the storage of real estate owned by incapacitated citizens. As of November 1, 2026, 104 objects were transferred to housing and communal services organizations for storage.

The Deputy Minister drew attention to the need for a clear separation of powers of guardianship and guardianship bodies and structural subdivisions of housing and communal services, the press service said. In accordance with the legislation, draft decisions on giving consent to the alienation of residential premises or on refusing such alienation are prepared by structural subdivisions of district, city executive committees and local administrations of districts in cities exercising state power in the field of labor, employment and social protection. However, in some regions, interaction algorithms are approved that unreasonably impose this responsibility on housing and communal services units.

- It is necessary to be guided by approaches to the uniformity of the implementation of legislation and to prevent substitution of the conceptual apparatus, in particular, the replacement of the term “provision of materials” with “preparation of draft decisions”, Andrei Romashko stressed.

The Deputy Minister proposed to adjust the existing algorithms and instruct local executive and administrative bodies not to allow unreasonable assignment of responsibilities to the structural subdivisions of housing and communal services for the preparation of these draft decisions.

The report of the IWAC representative also provided information on the commercialization of residential premises. Based on the results of surveys of the deposited objects, proposals were made to the guardianship and guardianship authorities on the provision of six residential premises for rent, repair work and replacement of equipment in five premises, as well as the recognition of one residential premises unsuitable for living.

- This indicates the inadequacy of the measures taken to involve these residential premises in commercial circulation, Andrei Romashko said.

Special attention was paid to debt for housing and communal services. As of January 1, 2026, it was available for 629 residential premises, and its total amount, including penalties, exceeded 2.2 million rubles.

One of the directions of solving the problem in the MHC see the involvement of vacant residential premises in commercial circulation, including the provision of their rent. In addition, the Ministry proposes to amend the Regulations on the procedure for managing the property of wards, providing for payment for housing and communal services as mandatory expenses committed by the guardian on behalf of the ward.

- I support the proposal to amend the Regulations on the procedure for managing the property of wards, providing for payment for housing and communal services as mandatory expenses committed by the guardian on behalf of the ward, said Andrei Romashko. At the same time, such payments should fully ensure the repayment of the accrued amounts.

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